| EXCELLO 2095 | LAZY LESTER | I'm Gonna Leave You Baby / Lester's Stomp | 1957 US
| EXCELLO 2107 |
LAZY LESTER |
Go Ahead / They Call Me Lazy | 1957 US
| EXCELLO 2129 |
LAZY LESTER |
I Told My Little Woman / Tell Me Pretty Baby | 1957 US
| EXCELLO 2143 |
LAZY LESTER |
I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Sugar Coated Love | 1958 US
| EXCELLO 2155 |
LAZY LESTER |
I Hear You Knockin' / Through The Goodness Of My Heart | 1959 US
| EXCELLO 2166 |
LAZY LESTER |
I Love You, I Need You / Late, Late In The Evening | 1959 US
| EXCELLO 2182 |
LAZY LESTER |
Bye Bye Baby (Gonna Call It Gone) / A Real Combination For Love | 1960 US
| EXCELLO 2197 |
LAZY LESTER |
Patrol Blues / You Got Me Where You Want Me | 1961 US
| EXCELLO 2206 |
LAZY LESTER |
I'm So Glad / Whoah Now | 1961 US
| EXCELLO 2219 |
LAZY LESTER |
If You Think I've Lost You / I'm So Tired | 1962 US
| EXCELLO 2230 |
LAZY LESTER |
Lonesome Highway Blues / I Made Up My Mind | 1963 US
| EXCELLO 2235 |
LAZY LESTER |
You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby / Strange Things Happen | 1963 US
| EXCELLO 2243 |
LAZY LESTER |
A Word About Woman / The Same Thing Could Happen To You | 1963 US
| STATESIDE SS 277 |
LAZY LESTER |
I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Sugar Coated Love | 1964 UK
| EXCELLO 2274 |
LAZY LESTER |
Take Me In Your Arms / You Better Listen | 1966 US
| EXCELLO 2277 |
LAZY LESTER |
Because She's Gone / Pondarosa Stomp | 1966 US
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| EXCELLO LP 8006 |
TRUE BLUES (LP) Lester's Stomp / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Sugar Coated Love / I Hear You Knockin' / I'm So Glad / If You Think I Lost You / Lonesome Highway Blues / I Made Up My Mind -- reissue: "Made Up My Mind", Blue Horizon 2431-007, 1971 UK -- | 1967 US
| KING SNAKE KS 007 |
LAZY LESTER RIDES AGAIN (LP) | I Hear You Knockin' / Irene / St. Louis Blues / Blowin' A Rhumba / Nothin' But The Devil / Hey Mattie / Sugar Coated Love / Travelling Days / The Same Thing Could Happen To You / Can't Stand To See You Go / Out On The Road / Lester's Shuffle (new recordings with Blues'n'Trouble) -- UK edition: BlueHorizon BLUH 002, 1987/Swedish edition: Sunjay SJLP 377 -- 1987 US
| ALLIGATOR AL/ALCD 4768 |
HARP & SOUL (LP/CD) | I Done Got Over It / Take Me In Your Arms / I'm A Man / Patrol Wagon Blues / Dark End Of The Street / Raining In My Heart / Bye Bye Baby / Blodstains On The Wall / Alligator Shuffle / Five Long Years (new recordings) 1988 US
| ANTONE'S ANT 0042 |
ALL OVER YOU (CD) | I Need Money / The Sun Is Rising / Strange Things Happen / If You Think I've Lost You / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Irene / You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby / Nothing But The Devil / I Made Up My Mind / Hello Mary Lou / Tell Me Pretty Baby / My Home Is A Prison (new recordings featuring Lazy Lester:vcl/hca/gtr [8, 12], Derek O'Brien:gtr [1-7, 9-11], Sue Foley:gtr [1, 2, 5, 10], Sarah Brown:bs [1-7, 9-10], Mike Buck:dms [1-7, 9-11], Gene Taylor:pno [6]) 1998 US
| APO 003 |
LAZY LESTER (LP) | Riding In The Moonlight / Five Long Years / Blue Lester / Down Here In Prison / Nothin’ In This World / You Do Something (recorded at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas on October 12-13, 2000, tracks 1-3 feat. Lazy Lester:vcl/ac.gtr/hca, tracks 4-6 feat. Lazy Lester:vcl/ac.gtr/hca, Henry Gray:pno, Jimmy D. Lane:gtr) 2001 US
| ANTONE'S ANT 0051 |
BLUES STOP KNOCKIN' (CD) | Blues Stop Knockin' / I Love You Baby / I'm Your Breadmaker, Baby / Go Ahead / Gonna Stick To You Baby / I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) / Ya Ya / They Call Me Lazy / Ponderosa Shuffle (instr.) / No Special Rider / I Told My Little Woman / Sad City Blues (new recordings feat. Lazy Lester:vcl/hca/gtr [10], Gene Taylor:pno [12], Riley Osbourn:pno [1, 3, 7], Derek O'Brien:gtr [1-9, 11-12], Jimmie Vaughan:gtr [1-7, 9, 11], Sue Foley:gtr [12], Sarah Brown:bs [12], Speedy Sparks:bs [1, 3-4, 6-9, 11] & Mike Buck:dms [1-9, 11-12]) -- reissue: Retroworld/Floating World FLOATM6006, 2009 UK (with bonus tracks [from CD All Over You]: Nothing But The Devil / The Sun Is Shining / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / I Made Up My Mind / My Home Is A Prison / Tell Me Pretty Baby / Hello Mary Lee) -- 2001 US
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| FLYRIGHT FLY 526 |
THEY CALL ME LAZY (LP) Whoa Now! (-57) / Lester's Stomp (alt., -58) / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (alt., -59) / Tell Me Pretty Baby (alt., -61/2) / Bloodstains (-61) / Come On Home (-61) / Quit Foolin' Myself (-61) / I'm Leavin' (incomplete, -61) / I'm Leavin' (take 2, -61) / I'm So Tired (alt., -62) / Strange Things Happen (alt., -63) / They Call Me Lazy (-67) | 1977 UK
| FLYRIGHT FLY 544 |
POOR BOY BLUES (LP) | Poor Boy Blues (-67) / A Woman (actually alt. take of "A Word About A Woman", -64) / The Same Thing Could Happen To You (alt., -64) / I'm So Glad (alt., 1962) / Sugar Coated Love / Patrol Wagon (actually alt. take of "Patrol Blues", -61) / Sad Sad City (demo for Dot Records, -61/2) / I Hear You Knockin' (alt., -60) / Now It's Time (actually alt. take of "Take Me In Your Arms", -64) / Ain't Nothin' In This World (actually alt. take of "If You Think I Lost You", -62) / You Got Me (Where You Want Me) (alt., -61) / You Gonna Lose Your Head (actually alt. of "You Better Listen To What I Said", -64) 1979 UK
| FLYRIGHT FLYCD 07 |
LAZY LESTER/LESTER'S STOMP (CD) | Poor Boy Blues / A Word About Women / The Same Thing Could Happen To You / I'm So Glad / Sugar Coated Love / Patrol Wagon / You Gonna Lose Your Head / Tell Me Pretty Baby / Whoa Now (two takes) / They Call Me Lazy / Bloodstains On The Wall / Come On Home / Quit Foolin' Myself / I'm Leavin' / Lester's Stomp / Strange Things Happen / I'm So Tired / Lover Not A Fighter / Late, Late In The Evening 1987 UK/FRA
| ACE CDCHD 518 |
I'M A LOVER NOT A FIGHTER (CD) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Sugar Coated Love / Lester's Stomp / I Told My Little Woman / Tell Me Pretty Baby / Whoa Now / I Hear You Knockin' / Through The Goodness Of My Heart / I Love You, I Need You / Late In The Evening / You Got Me Where You Want Me / I'm So Tired / Patrol Blues / I'm So Glad / Sad City Blues / If You Think I've Lost You / I Made Up My Mind / Lonesome Highway Blues / You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby / The Same Thing Could Happen To You / Take Me In Your Arms / You Better Listen To What I Said 1994 UK
| P-VINE PCD-2810 |
TRUE BLUES (CD) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / I Hear You Knockin' / Sugar Coated Love / I'm So Tired / If You Think I Lost You / Bye Bye Baby / Lonesome Highway / I Made Up My Mind / Because She's Gone / Ponderosa Stomp / The Same Thing Could Happen To You / Lester Stomp / I'm Gonna Leave You Baby / Go Head / They Call Me Lazy / I Told My Little Woman / Through The Goodness Of My Heart / I Love You, I Need You / Late, Late In The Evening / A Real Combination For Love 1994 JAP
| AVI/EXCELLO 3003 |
I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN'!: THE EXCELLO SINGLES (CD) | I'm Gonna Leave You Baby / Lester's Stomp / Go Ahead / They Call Me Lazy / I Told My Little Woman / Tell Me Pretty Baby / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Sugar Coated Love / I Hear You Knockin' / Through The Goodness Of My Heart / I Love You, I Need You / Late, Late In The Evening / Bye, Bye Baby / A Real Combination For Love / Patrol Blues / You Got Me (Where You Want Me) / I'm So Glad / Whoa Now / If You Think I've Lost You / I'm So Tired / Lonesome Highway Blues / I Made Up My Mind / You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby / Strange Things Happen / A Word About Women / The Same Thing Could Happen To You / Take Me In Your Arms / You Better Listen / Because She's Gone / Pondarosa Stomp -- reissue: Avi-Excello CD 4205, 1997 US -- 1995 US
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| PRESTIGE/BLUESVILLE BV 1063 |
SMOKY BABE: THE BLUES OF SMOKY BABE - HOTTEST BRAND GOIN' (LP) Now Your Man Done Gone / Hottest Brand Goin' / Something Wrong With My Machine / Insect Blues / Long Way From Home / I'm Goin' Back To Mississippi / Melvanie Blues / Locomotive Blues / Ocean Blues / Boogy Woogy Rag / Coon Hunt / Cold, Cold Snow (1961 recordings by Robert Brown a.k.a. Smoky Babe with Lazy Lester:hca as Henry Thomas on some tracks) -- reissues: Ace CH 261, 1988 UK/Original Blues Classics OBCCD-595-2, 2001 UK -- | 1963 US
| EMI/STATESIDE 10068 |
V/A: AUTHENTIC R&B (LP) | You're Gonna Ruin Me, Baby / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 1963 UK
| EXCELLO 8011 |
V/A: THE REAL BLUES (LP) | Courtroom Blues 1969 US
| PYTHON PLP 14 |
V/A: THE DOWNHOME BLUES, VOL.2 (LP) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 1970 UK
| PYTHON PLP 22 |
V/A: THE DOWNHOME BLUES, VOL.3 (LP) | Sugar Coated Love 1971 UK
| EXCELLO DBL 8025 |
V/A: THE EXCELLO STORY (2-LP) | Tell Me Pretty Baby -- UK edition: Blue Horizon 2683 007, 1972 -- 1972 US
| EXCELLO 8025 |
V/A: THE EXCELLO STORY (2-LP) | (released in UK by Blue Horizon) 1972 US
| VENTURE HFC-52297 |
V/A: UNCUT DETROIT - LIVE BLUES IN THE NIGHT (LP) | Lazy Lester with Doug Deming & The Blue Suit Blues Band: Sugar Coated Love 19??
| FLYRIGHT FLY 606 |
V/A: ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG (LP) | Honey Boy Allen (feat. Lazy Lester:hca): Ford V-8 1985 UK
| FLYRIGHT FLY 607 |
V/A: BATON ROUGE BLUES (LP) | Bloodstains (alt., -61) 1985 UK
| FLYRIGHT FLY 614 |
V/A: BATON ROUGE HARMONICA (LP) | Tell Me Pretty Baby (alt.) / Whoa Now / Sad City Blues / Courtroom Blues 1988 UK
| ALLIGATOR AL-103 |
V/A: GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' MUSIC, VOL.3 (LP) | Take Me In Your Arms -- cd reissue: Alligator ALCD-103 -- 1988 US
| FLYRIGHT FLYCD 09 |
V/A: LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES (CD)
| 19?? UK/FRA
| RHINO R2 70896 |
V/A: THE BEST OF EXCELLO RECORDS, VOL.1 - SOUND OF THE SWAMP (CD) | I Hear You Knockin' 1990 US
| FLYRIGHT FLY CD 21 |
V/A: LOUISIANA SWAMP POP (CD) | I Hear You Knockin' (prev. unissued take) 1990 UK/FRA
| ANTONE'S ANTCD 0016 |
V/A: ANTONE'S ANNIVERSARY ANTOLOGY, VOL.2 (CD) | Same Thing Could Happen To You (live) 1991 US
| ACE CDCHD 400 |
V/A: EXCELLO HITS (CD) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 1992 UK
| ACE CDCHD 427 |
V/A: BAYOU BLUES BLASTERS (CD) | Lazy Lester with Katie Webster & Ashton Savoy: Need Shorter Hours 1993 UK
| ACE CDCHD 492 |
V/A: AUTHENTIC EXCELLO R&B (CD) | You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / Tell Me Pretty Baby 1993 UK
| ACE CDCHD 562 |
V/A: REAL EXCELLO R&B (CD) | Whoa Now 1993 UK
| XCELL 001 (promo) |
V/A: SLIM HARPO/LAZY LESTER/LEROY WASHINGTON/LIGHTNIN' SLIM (CD-EP) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 1994? UK
| AVI/EXCELLO 3001 |
V/A: THE BEST OF EXCELLO RECORDS (CD) | I Hear You Knockin' -- reissue: Avi/Excello CD 4203, 1997 US -- 1994 US
| AVI/EXCELLO 3008 |
V/A: DARK CLOUDS ROLLIN' - EXCELLO SWAMP BLUES CLASSICS (CD) | You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby / I'm A Lover Not A Fighter -- reissue: Avi/Excello CD 4210, 1997 US -- 1995 US
| ACE CDCHD 964 |
V/A: MOJO WORKING - THE BEST OF ACE BLUES (CD) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 1995 UK
| DISCOVERY RECORDS WARNER-74 703 |
V/A: ANTONE'S 20th ANNIVERSARY (CD) | A Woman (live) 1996 US
| JOEN CR 96-2007 |
WALKIN' CANE MARK: NO REST FOR THE WICKED (CD) | Blood Stains On The Wall (with Lazy Lester) 1996 US
| KING SNAKE KS-033 |
V/A: HARPBEAT OF THE SWAMP (CD) | Sugar Coated Love / The Same Thing Could Happen To You 1997 US
| HIP-O CD 40108 |
V/A: HOUSE ROCKIN' & HIP SHAKIN', VOL.2 - LOUISIANA HOODOO PARTY (CD) | Lester's Stomp 1998 US
| HIP-O CD 40131 |
V/A: HOUSE ROCKIN' & HIP SHAKIN', VOL.3 - KILLER SWAMP BLUES (CD) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 1998 US
| HIP-O CD 40139 |
V/A: HOUSE ROCKIN' & HIP SHAKIN', VOL.4 - BAYOU BLUES HARP (CD) | Ponderosa Stomp / If You Think I've Lost You / I Told My Little Woman 1998 US
| RHINO 75346 |
V/A: BLUES MASTERS, VOL.16 - MORE HARMONICA CLASSICS (CD) | I Hear You Knockin' 1998 US
| ACE CDCHD 678 |
V/A: GENUINE EXCELLO R&B (CD) | Courtroom Blues / I'm Gonna Leave You Baby / They Call Me Lazy / Go Ahead / Bye Bye Baby (Gonna Call It Gone) 1998 UK
| ACE CDCHD 686 |
V/A: LOCATED IN THE RECORD CENTER OF THE SOUTH (CD) | Because She's Gone / Ponderosa Stomp / Whoa Now 1998 UK
| ACE CDCHD 604 |
V/A: DEEP HARMONICA BLUES (CD) | They Call Me Lazy 1999 UK
| HIP-O CD 40150 |
V/A: EXCELLO STORY, VOL.2 - 1955-1957 (CD) | They Call Me Lazy 1999 US
| HIP-O CD 40156 |
V/A: EXCELLO STORY, VOL.3 - 1957-1961 (CD) | I'm A Lover Not A Fighter / I Hear You Knockin' 1999 US
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V/A: BLUES ON MY RADIO (CD) | Made Up My Mind / Jambalaya / Nothin' But The Devil / Patrol Wagon Blues 200? US
| ANTONE'S ANT-0046 |
V/A: CLIFF'S PICKS (CD) | Irene 2000 US
| TELARC CD-83514 |
V/A: SUPERHARPS II (CD) | Walking Thru The Park / Keyhole In Your Door / I Miss You Baby / Strange Things Happen * / I Made Up My Mind * / Let Your Hair Down / What My Mama Told Me / I Hear You Knockin' * / Shake My Hand / Starlight Diamond / She's Nineteen Years Old / Blood Stains On The Wall / Harp To Harp (feat. Lazy Lester:hca/vcl* + Carey Bell, Snooky Pryor, Raful Neal, Kid Bangham etc.) 2001 US
| TELARC CD-83556 |
V/A: IN THE POCKET - A TASTE OF BLUES HARMONICA (CD) | Raful Neal with Lazy Lester on harmonica: Starlight Diamond 2002 US
| LOUISIANA MUSIC FACTORY BFR 22802 |
SUNPIE: LEGENDS OF THE SWAMP (CD) | Boogerbear / Louisiana Swamp Man / Drinkin' And Stinkin' / Sunpie's Romp And Stomp / Can We Make Love Tonight / Born Blind (Eye Sight To The Blind) / God Don't Like It / Been Gone Too Long / Garbage Can Woman / Christmas Time Blues / Mr. Downhome's Special (feat. Lazy Lester:lead gtr on all tracks except 4 and 7 + 2nd hca/bckgr.vcls on track 7) 2002 US
| DIALTONE 0014 |
V/A: TEXAS HARMONICA RUMBLE (CD) | That's All Right / Honest I Do 2006 US
| MOUNTAIN TOP PRODUCTIONS MT103 |
V/A: BLUES HARP MELTDOWN, VOL.3 - LEGENDS (2-CD) | Instrumental - Alley Rock / Blues Stop Knocking / Bloodstains On The Wall / Nothing In This World / Raining In My Heart / Jambalaya / Sugar Coated Love / Hummel's Sign Off (feat. Lazy Lester:vcl/hca, Charles Wheal:gtr, Bob Welsh:gtr, Steve Wolf:bs, Willie Smith:dms) 2006 US
| THE MUSIK FAKTORY/GREAT BLUES RECORDINGS GR2032-2 |
PAUL ORTA WITH LAZY LESTER: SHUFFLE WITH LESTER (CD) | She Know How / Hey, Mr. Devil / Tear Drops / You Were Me Lovebird / Don't Start Me Talking / Don't Worry Baby / Shuffle With Lester / Bright Lights, Big City / Judgement Day / Leaving In The Morning / You Don't Have To Go / The Sky Is Crying / One Of These Morning / Wasted Days & Wasted Nights (recorded in 1999 feat. Lazy Lester:gtr on all the tracks/hca on tracks 2, 5, 8, 13, 14/2nd vcl on track 8) 2006 US
| RUF 1134 |
WENTUS BLUES BAND: FAMILY MEETING (2-CD) | Lonesome Fugitive (solo) / Rainin' In My Heart (with Wentus Blues Band) 2007 GER
| SOUTHWEST MUSICAL ARTS FOUNDATION SWMAF 04 |
V/A: BROADCASTING THE BLUES! - A 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF BOB CORRITORE'S PHOENIX-BASED RADIO SHOW THOSE LOWDOWN BLUES ON KJZZ 91.5 FM (CD) | Out On The Road / D.J. Shuffle 2008 US | RUF 1142 |
OMAR KENT DYKES: BIG TOWN PLAYBOY (CD) | Hello Mary Lee / Dream Girl (feat. Lazy Lester:hca) 2009 US | |
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© Compiled by Pete Hoppula Acknowledgments: Benoit Billot Published sources: Blues Records 1943-1970 Volume Two (Mike Leadbitter-Leslie Fancourt-Paul Pelletier, 1994) | Music Master Price Guide For Record Collectors (Nick Hamlyn, 1991) | Blues & Rhythm - The Gospel Truth #30 (1987) | The Blues Discography 1943-1970 (Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath, 2006) Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.recordmaster.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com | www.lazylester.net | www.aporecords.com | www.louisianamusicfactory.com | www.wirz.de/music/blvilfrm.htm Note: The contents of www.wangdangdula.com website are informative only! All the corrections/additions are welcome. E-mail: petehoppula @ hotmail.com Revised on July 24, 2009 |